Monthly Archives: September 2010
Windows Phone 7 System Styles
When you add a new page to your WP7 application project, the default XAML page is likely to contain references to style definitions such as PhoneTextNormalStyle and PhoneTextTitle1Style. Those two style definitions are applied to the application title and page … Continue reading
Edit Post Screen (Variant II)
I thought of this during the long wait at In-n-Out drive-thru (yes, it was good). Utilizing the pivot control, I could place the writing area in one view and the auxiliary components (less used features) in another view. Which components … Continue reading
Edit Post Screen
I have the most basic Edit Post screen finished. No custom control implemented so far–want to stay with the native ones. I’m still not sure about the category selection–need to look around what other people do.
Text Guidelines for Windows Phone 7
A chapter in UI Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7 concerning text capitalization says that list items are to be displayed in lowercase. But the Design Templates released as Photoshop files and a Windows Phone app show list … Continue reading
Using Your Physical, Full-size Keyboard with Windows Phone 7 Emulator
When you click your mouse on one of the input fields in a form, you will get the onscreen keyboard on Windows Phone 7 emulator. It’s worse than using your thumbs on your real phone because you actually has to … Continue reading
Windows Phone 7 UI Guide and Design Templates
Microsoft released the UI Guide and Design Templates for Windows Phone 7 some time ago. The design templates contained several Photoshop files showcasing common user interface elements of Windows Phone.
